Portsea Passenger Service

Portsea Passenger Service

Parent	Ventura Bus Lines
Headquarters	Rosebud
Service area	South Eastern Melbourne
Service type	Bus operator
Routes	4
Destinations	Dromana Portsea Rosebud Sorrento
Stations	Frankston
Fleet	45 (April 2014)
Chief executive	Andrew Cornwall
Website	www.venturabus.com.au

Portsea Passenger Service is a bus operator in Melbourne, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates four bus routes under contract to the Government of Victoria.

History

Portsea Passenger Service was purchased by Grenda Corporation in February 1983.^[1][2] It was included in the sale of Grenda Corporation to Ventura Bus Lines in November 2011.^[3][4]

Routes

• 786 Rye – St Andrews Beach (Monday to Saturday)
• 787 Sorrento – Safety Beach via Dromana, Rosebud & Rye (Monday to Saturday)
• 788 Frankston – Portsea via Dromana, Rosebud & Sorrento (Daily)
• 886 Rosebud – Chisholm TAFE Rosebud Campus (Monday to Friday (Off peak))

Fleet

As at April 2014 the fleet consisted of 45 buses coaches.^[5] Portsea Passenger Service adopted the same cream and three blues as Peninsula Bus Lines. It has since adopted the standard white with red and yellow flashes of Grenda Corporation.

See also

• Buses in Melbourne
• List of Victorian Bus Companies
• List of Melbourne bus routes

References

1. Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Operators and Fleet Listings. Melbourne: Bus & Coach Society of Victoria. 1991. p. 24.
2. "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama 6/2 September 1990 page 13
3. Grenda Announcement 18/11/2011 Grenda Corporation 18 November 2011
4. The man with the golden handshake The Australian 10 March 2012
5. Grenda Corporation - Portsea Passenger Transport Australian Bus Fleet Lists

External links

• Public Transport Victoria timetables